Listening Part B (Longer Conversation)

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(English Version)

Di TOEFL Test, Part B terdiri dari dua percakapan panjang dan setiap percakapannya terdapat empat buah pertanyaan. Dengan dua percakapan panjang, maka total pertanyaan adalah delapan.

Peserta TOEFL Test harus mendengarkan percakapan dan pertanyaan yang di perdengarkan. Teks percakapan dan pertanyaan tidak di tulis di buku tes. Setelah mendengarkan percakapan dan pertanyaan, Peserta harus menjawab setiap pertanyaan yang tertulis di buku tes.

Materi percakapan di Longer Conversation ini biasanya mengenai school aspect ( class project, research paper, school assignment, how to register for a course) atau tentang general lining (renting an apartment, playing sports, going to the bank).

Contoh:

On the recording, you hear:

(narrator) Questions 1 through 4. Listen to a conversation between two people who are decorating an apartment.

(woman)   :  Hey, Walt. Do you think you could help me hang these pictures on  the wall? There are only

                    two of them.

(man)       :  Sure, Monica. Where do you want them to go?

(woman)  :  I’d like the picture of the mountains over the fireplace, and I’d like  the picture of my family over the sofa What do you think?

(man)      :  I think they’ll look fine there. How about if you hold the pictures  while I hammer the nails into the wall?

(woman)  :  Okay. Let’s start with the picture of my family.

Questions:

1. On the recording, you hear:

    (narrator) What are the man and woman discussing?

    In your test book, you read:

    (A) Taking some pictures.
    (B) Hanging some plants.
    (C) Taking a trip to the mountains.
    (D) Putting some pictures on the wall

2. On the recording, you hear:

    (narrator) How many pictures are there?

    In your test book, you read:

    (A) One.
    (B) Two.
    (C) Three.
    (D) Four.
  
3. On the recording, you sear:

    (narrator) Where is the picture of the woman’s family going?

    In your test book, you read:

    (A) In the fireplace.
    (B) Above the sofa
    (C) Home with Walt.
    (D) To the top of the mountain.

4. On the recording, you hear:

     (narrator) What is Walt probably going to do next?

     In your test book, you read:

    (A) Sit on the sofa.
    (B) Photograph Monica’s family.
    (C) Hammer the nails into the wall

    (D) Climb the walls.

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